A charming early 20th century table screen celebrating heroic naval scenes with fine detailed illustrations. The Antarctic scene is an homage to Shackleton and the Nimrod Expedition of 1907-1909. Three of the other panels are illustrated with famous Royal Navy vessels including HMS Gibraltar launched in 1860, HMS Victory with two sailors holding ropes with mourning pennants aflutter in honour of Nelson, and vignettes of HMS Goshawk, Psyche and two sailing craft. Another panel depicts HMS Iron Duke the last of four Audacious-class ironclads built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. The rigging of the sailing ships has been carefully and accurately painted suggesting the artist had both familiarity and interest in the Royal Navy of the late 19th century. The two other panels are decorated with vignettes of the British Isles including Lake Windermere, Killarney and Derriquin Castle and a lighthouse in a landscape of tropical coconut palms and ferns.